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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Yonghwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling switching of a wiring mode of a motor capable of being operated in a plurality of wiring modes, a motor control apparatus includes a motor including a rotor that rotates according to a motor torque by a pulse width modulation (PWM) control, a switching unit provided at the motor and switching a wiring method inside the motor so that the motor is driven according to another wiring mode, and a controller generating a speed command frequency for controlling a rotation speed of the rotor, and controlling the switching unit so that the wiring mode of the motor is switched according to a result of comparing the speed command frequency with a switching boundary frequency according to the wiring mode of the motor, wherein when the PWM control is stopped in response to the switching of the wiring mode, the controller estimates a rotation state of the rotor that rotates inertially, and when the PWM control is restarted, the controller sets the estimated rotation state of the rotor as an initial value of the rotor, and controls a rotation speed of the motor of which the wiring mode is switched based on the set initial value of the rotor.